Researcher @Hugo_Obs Université de Liège, Assoc Prof @tobbetum PhD University of Pittsburgh, BA, Boğaziçi University, former research @BuffettInst @nyuniversity
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Joined August 2012
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📣 🚨Our piece w/@fulyamemisoglu unpacking the insitutionalization process of Turkish local refugee response got published in @ABSjournal journals.sagepub.com/eprint/… part of a special issue edited by @helene_thiollet 🙏, @AntoinePecoud 🙏 , @CantatCeline 🙏
Integration policies can coexist with policies of voluntary return: Türkiye is a good example. Thank you @barcinyinanc for covering the 8 point increase of Türkiye in @migpolgroup’s @_MIPEX (Migrant Integration Policy Index) @gokayozerim @AyhanKaya14 @fulyamemisoglu @GulcinSinav
This spring marks the 15th year since the arrival of Syrians fleeing civil war in their country.
Turkey is catching up with European standards in terms of the legal framework, according to a recent MIPEX report.
My article with quotes from @BasakYavcan
turkeyindepth.com/article/91…
Happy to have contributed to @anadoluagency news on the recent developments in EU's migration policy on behalf of @migpolgroup I underlined the need to incorporate integration policy, legal migration pathways, and ensuring right to asylum in discussions of return frameworks.
➡️ EC president proposes sending asylum seekers to third countries for external processing in response to recent Schengen border controls and suspended asylum rights
Experts say far right’s rising influence drives tougher EU migration policy v.aa.com.tr/3365615
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W/my @migpolgroup colleague @ConteCarmin88 we reacted to @vonderleyen ’s call to M.States on the New Pact on Migration & proposed how harmonisation of return policies should look like and implications of externalisation via third county cooperations on the EU and right to asylum
🤔 Short-term fix, long-term risks. This is how MPG views the proposals on migration @vonderleyen made in her letter to EU leaders who gather today in Brussels for a summit with migration on top of the agenda bit.ly/3Yqzg03
Almanya Schengen'i rafa kaldırıp, kara sınırlarında pasaport kontrolüne başlayacağını duyurdu. Trump seçilirse toplu sınırdışılar yapacağını vaad etti. Seçimler öncesi dünyada pek çok ülkede gündeme oturan göç konusunu konuştuk.
ABD Başkan Adayı Donald Trump, agresif göç uygulamaları yapacağını duyurdu. Göçmen karşıtlığı neden yükseldi?
Almanya'nın sınırlarına geçici kontrol kararı kıtaya yayılır mı?
Migration Policy Group Baş Araştırmacısı Doç. Dr. @BasakYavcan #HT360'ta @dlkgul'e yorumladı.
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Almanya’daki terör saldırılarının göç, iltica ve sınırdaşı politikalarına olası etkilerini @HaberturkTV’den @dlkgul ün müthiş moderatörlüğünde değerlendirdik. youtu.be/Z_Wb108rW5s?si=0rJc…
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I was thrilled to be part of @whole_comm project, building upon years of research on local turn in migration studies. To know more about the toolbox of a local strategies for effective integration @migpolgroup team produced along with important project findings, watch this 👉
After over 3 years, the Whole-COMM project is wrapping up!
@CaponioTiziana, @LeilaHadjAbdou , and @BasakYavcan reflect on our work dedicated to enhancing migrant integration policies in small towns and rural areas.
Watch the full video here 📽️ youtube.com/watch?v=3uKIrXFa…
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A great piece on how high economic resource requirements for family unification put a strain on migrant integration. As also mentioned, according to @_MIPEX, the UK was placed second from bottom among 56 countries on family reunion, ranking only above Denmark @BBCNews
So you’ve travelled abroad and met the love of your life, and want to be together in the UK? From next year, only the UK’s top 30% earners will be afforded that chance.
I’ve been looking at the impact of new family visa rules:
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c72p…
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Presented the initial results of the MIPEX Local, as part of Whole-Comm Policy Community Lab hosted by @MPC_EUI . As @migpolgroup, we thank the meticulous researchers of the @whole_comm consortium for making this comparative migrant integration local policy index possible.
The governance of Calais and Pazarkule border conflicts compared for the first time! In the very last deliverable of @MAGYC_H2020, I investigated he migration trajectories and "internal externalization” policies through “politics of exhaustion” and “practices of neglect”. 👇
A great presentation of the thorough assessment of @Includ_EU pilot projects by @MilazzoEle at the IncludEU Conference on “Including all and Embracing Diversity”
Started the day w/a wonderful MA thesis defense on the role of political sophistication in understanding anti-immigration attitudes in Germany and Turkey, written by former @tobbetu_sui graduate @zeynepthehague under the great supervision of Meltem Mütftüler-Baç @sabanciu 🎉🎉🎉
Externalisation policies and deals like the recent Tunisia – EU deal are ineffective and harmful. Instead, we should address the root causes that force people to migrate, such as global inequalities, political instability and increasingly also the climate crisis. For more 👉
“With externalisation policies funds are provided to non-EU countries in return for border security. Often these funds come without strict mechanisms to monitor human rights violations.”
Read Dr. @BasakYavcan's interview with @euronews on EU-Tunisia deal: bit.ly/3O7psl5
It is a full house at the @whole_comm panel @IMISCOE on unpacking the local response to Ukraine refugee arrivals in German, Czech and Italian towns @CaponioTiziana @hanneSchn @Francicampomori @pwascholten
New Data and Measurements on Migration @IMISCOE: Great presentation by @bircantub of her research incorporating an aspiration-capability framework for understanding forced migration flows @H20_HumMingBird
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İlk kez Polonya’ya🇵🇱 gidiyorum, @IMISCOE konferansı için, uçaktayım. Yuvarlak yüzler, düşük elmacık kemikler, iri mavi gözler… Hayatımda hiç bu kadar bana benzeyen bir grup insanla bir arada olmamıştım 🤷♀️ 🙃
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Congrats to Begüm for succesfully defending her thesis on the role of IOM in enhancing the governance capacity of Kenya in governing environmentally induced migration 👏👏👏 A big thanks to her wonderful jury @Basakkale @GulrizSen for providing principal feedback
TOBB ETÜ-Göç Çalışmaları ABD öğrencimiz Begüm Başaran, Doç. Dr. Başak Yavçan Meriç @BasakYavcan
danışmanlığında yazdığı 'The Role of International Organizations on Building State Capacity for Environmental Management' başlıklı tezini başarıyla savundu. Tebrik ediyoruz.
Happy to bring migrants’ voices from the field to the policy makers at the EU at the European Parliament. Fair migration policies of both border controls and integration are only possible if we understand the drivers and desperation of migrants. @migpolgroup
🔹#RoundTable2
🗣️@BasakYavcan-the reasons behind #migration: I interviewed a woman with 6 kids who crossed the border & came to Turkey after the EU-Turkey deal. She succeeded on her 12th attempt while pregnant. When I asked if she'd go back if the border were open, she said yes
Why do we need fair migration policies? Just to name a few of those unintended consequences of restrictive migration policies: Encouragement of irregular migration, reduction in returns and increase in the number of undocumented migrants @migpolgroup
@BasakYavcan, @migpolgroup &
@H20_HumMingBird: While research shows us that restrictive migration policies do decrease migration flows, it comes with a lot of unintended consequences. E.g. much needed seasonal labour migrants – the ones that pick fruit in the summer - stop coming
